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Thread 28 Sunak : Lords, Ladies and Lame Ducks

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DuncinToffee · 20/07/2023 13:59

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Kiwano · 27/07/2023 10:10

It's fatcat lefty lawyers again, innit.

Kiwano · 27/07/2023 10:15

L1ttledrummergirl · 26/07/2023 21:39

He spent a fair amount of time trying to blame Penny Mordaunt, blaming everyone else, taking responsibility for nothing.
He really is low life. Saying how awful it is that those involved had been let down by previous governments, then letting them down again.

I got the impression from today that he gets everyone else to do the work, then swoops in to take the credit while absolving himself of blame. I also got the sense that Mordaunt has been a driving force for the families to have got anything so far. I haven't heard enough to know if I'm right though.

Has he not noticed that he was a minister in the last two governments, and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer bears rather a lot of responsibility for decisions that directly dictate what other departments do?

Blossomtoes · 27/07/2023 10:21

I see that the truly awful Tory candidate for Mayor of London is accusing Sadik Khan of misogyny for getting rid of the utterly incompetent Cressida Dick. God help London if it ends up with someone as dim as this in office.

Notonthestairs · 27/07/2023 10:44

"Nadine Dorries' local town council writes to her to raise their "concerns and frustration" at the "continuing lack of representation for the people of Mid-Bedfordshire at Westminster". They demand she "immediately vacate" her seat and allow someone else to represent the area."

twitter.com/adambienkov/status/1684498168753393665?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

No nonsense letter from Flitwick town council.

Of course Dorries can't resign until she caused her own party maximum trouble by promoting her book about Johnson at their conference.
She's a bit of a gift to opposition parties.

Notonthestairs · 27/07/2023 10:44

Blossomtoes · 27/07/2023 10:21

I see that the truly awful Tory candidate for Mayor of London is accusing Sadik Khan of misogyny for getting rid of the utterly incompetent Cressida Dick. God help London if it ends up with someone as dim as this in office.

Nothing to do with her & the Mets track record then?

Piggywaspushed · 27/07/2023 10:49

Straight out of the Dorries copybook that one.

Piggywaspushed · 27/07/2023 11:25

Flitwick Town Council call for Nadine to stand down...

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1684501221934092289

Flitwick is a large village/small town (yes that could start a war!) which is not remotely a hot bed of socialist values.

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1684501221934092289

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DuncinToffee · 27/07/2023 11:33

And Braverman has lost her third court case of the week - this time the High Court have ruled the routine housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful.

https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1684509135092477953?t=sTHb9gET2DAjhIMnkxeh6A&s=19

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countrygirl99 · 27/07/2023 12:41

Flitwick! Wow

Piggywaspushed · 27/07/2023 12:51

It's the new Revolutionary Clydeside.

Notonthestairs · 27/07/2023 14:08

Piggywaspushed · 27/07/2023 11:25

Flitwick Town Council call for Nadine to stand down...

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1684501221934092289

Flitwick is a large village/small town (yes that could start a war!) which is not remotely a hot bed of socialist values.

She's not had a constituency surgery there since 2020. That's pretty disgraceful.

Notonthestairs · 27/07/2023 14:28

I'm losing track of how many cases Braverman has lost. Wonder how much this is costing us.

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 14:32

Blossomtoes · 27/07/2023 10:21

I see that the truly awful Tory candidate for Mayor of London is accusing Sadik Khan of misogyny for getting rid of the utterly incompetent Cressida Dick. God help London if it ends up with someone as dim as this in office.

Getting rid of somebody for incompetence is novel for Tories. It usually means promotion. so I can see how it might look like misogyny when people get rid of a woman for something that ought to get her a promotion.

https://twitter.com/PA/status/1684552466866606081

Meanwhile SK hasn’t been building enough houses in the capital. According to Sunak whose party haven’t been building enough houses around the entire country.

https://twitter.com/PA/status/1684552466866606081

jgw1 · 27/07/2023 14:49

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 14:32

Getting rid of somebody for incompetence is novel for Tories. It usually means promotion. so I can see how it might look like misogyny when people get rid of a woman for something that ought to get her a promotion.

https://twitter.com/PA/status/1684552466866606081

Meanwhile SK hasn’t been building enough houses in the capital. According to Sunak whose party haven’t been building enough houses around the entire country.

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Is Sunak confused because he thinks London is the entire country and therefor Khan is in charge of the country?

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 14:51

https://twitter.com/romilly_one/status/1684488994531299329

Vastly outweighed by all the absolutely awful things about the illegal migration bill but this is a little bit funny.

OECD allows countries to use their overseas aid money to support asylum seekers and pay hotel accommodation for them for 12 months. Now they are not asylum seekers if they arrive on small boats, the OECD has indicated it isn’t going to allow the U.K. to use that money to detain and deport them. Which gives the government a problem. Claim they are asylum seekers and use the overseas aid budget to pay for them but be unable to deport them. Or say they are not asylum seekers and have to find a different budget in order to detain them and still have to pay the same amount in overseas aid.

https://twitter.com/romilly_one/status/1684488994531299329

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 14:53

jgw1 · 27/07/2023 14:49

Is Sunak confused because he thinks London is the entire country and therefor Khan is in charge of the country?

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From what I’ve heard from politicians recently, I’m fairly certain the Tories are sure Labour have been in charge of the country for the last 13years. How else could all our problems be Starmer’s fault.

Kiwano · 27/07/2023 15:03

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 14:32

Getting rid of somebody for incompetence is novel for Tories. It usually means promotion. so I can see how it might look like misogyny when people get rid of a woman for something that ought to get her a promotion.

https://twitter.com/PA/status/1684552466866606081

Meanwhile SK hasn’t been building enough houses in the capital. According to Sunak whose party haven’t been building enough houses around the entire country.

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Robust response from Khan: https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1684516673649364992

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Are you the same guy who dropped his house building targets? Because I’m the guy who started building more council homes than the rest of England combined, exceeded your affordable homes targets & built more homes of any kind than since the 1930s. This is desperate nonsense.

https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1684516673649364992

MrTiddlesTheCat · 27/07/2023 15:06

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 14:51

https://twitter.com/romilly_one/status/1684488994531299329

Vastly outweighed by all the absolutely awful things about the illegal migration bill but this is a little bit funny.

OECD allows countries to use their overseas aid money to support asylum seekers and pay hotel accommodation for them for 12 months. Now they are not asylum seekers if they arrive on small boats, the OECD has indicated it isn’t going to allow the U.K. to use that money to detain and deport them. Which gives the government a problem. Claim they are asylum seekers and use the overseas aid budget to pay for them but be unable to deport them. Or say they are not asylum seekers and have to find a different budget in order to detain them and still have to pay the same amount in overseas aid.

That's cheered me up no end. Hoisted by their own petard.

RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 15:07

Kiwano · 27/07/2023 15:03

Robust response from Khan: https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1684516673649364992

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Are you the same guy who dropped his house building targets? Because I’m the guy who started building more council homes than the rest of England combined, exceeded your affordable homes targets & built more homes of any kind than since the 1930s. This is desperate nonsense.

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RafaistheKingofClay · 27/07/2023 15:19

I read this earlier and meant to post it then. Now seems like a good moment. We’ve got the run up to the election we don’t yet have a date for of this shit.

https://twitter.com/edwinhayward/status/1684467882804097024

https://twitter.com/edwinhayward/status/1684467882804097024

tobee · 27/07/2023 15:28

Blossomtoes · 27/07/2023 10:21

I see that the truly awful Tory candidate for Mayor of London is accusing Sadik Khan of misogyny for getting rid of the utterly incompetent Cressida Dick. God help London if it ends up with someone as dim as this in office.

I'm still not convinced that London needs a mayor

Blossomtoes · 27/07/2023 16:22

I don’t live London so I really don’t care. Having said that it was excellent that Khan got rid of Cressida Dick who should never have got the job in the first place. What an embarrassing that the first female Met chief constable was so woeful.

Blossomtoes · 27/07/2023 16:23

Embarrassment!! Hate autocorrect.

jgw1 · 27/07/2023 16:25

tobee · 27/07/2023 15:28

I'm still not convinced that London needs a mayor

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The UK has had a Prime Minister in name only (PMINO) for many years now. There is very indication that this is not a very good idea.